Q 01/05

On what date did 'An Unearthly Child', the very first episode of Doctor Who, first air on the BBC Television Service?

A) October 1, 1963

B) December 25, 1963

C) January 1, 1964

D) November 23, 1963

Answer · why

D) November 23, 1963

November 23, 1963 was the date, and the episode went out eighty seconds late because of announcements about the previous day's assassination of John F...

Q 02/05

Captain Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman, went on to lead which Cardiff-based spin-off series?

A) Class

B) The Sarah Jane Adventures

C) Torchwood

D) K-9 and Company

Answer · why

C) Torchwood

Torchwood, launched in 2006 and set in Cardiff, followed Captain Jack Harkness leading the Torchwood Three team; Jack had first met the Doctor and Ros...

Q 03/05

Which of these companions was, like the Doctor, a Time Lady able to regenerate?

A) Romana

B) Leela

C) Sarah Jane Smith

D) Ace

Answer · why

A) Romana

Romana (Romanadvoratrelundar) was sent by the White Guardian to help the Doctor find the Key to Time, and had two on-screen incarnations played by Mar...

Q 04/05

Which First Doctor companion, a space pilot from Earth's future, initially stowed away on the TARDIS?

A) Steven Taylor

B) Ian Chesterton

C) Ben Jackson

D) Harry Sullivan

Answer · why

A) Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor, a space pilot from the future, became a companion of the First Doctor after he crash-landed on Mechanus and later stowed away on the TA...

Q 05/05

Which Doctor Who companion died trying to stop a Cyberman-controlled freighter hitting prehistoric Earth?

A) Nyssa

B) Tegan

C) Adric

D) Turlough

Answer · why

C) Adric

Adric, a brilliant mathematician from the planet Alzarius, was a companion to both the Fourth and Fifth Doctors. He tragically died trying to save Ear...